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Antisemitism as an integral part of modern Islamism: definitions, backgrounds, narratives and radicalization
Seminar with Alexander Weissenburger (Documentation Center for Political Islam)
Speaker: Alexander Weissenburger
Date: November 25, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Duration: 4 hours (online)
Key areas:
- Definitions of Islamism and Anti-Semitism
- Islamist anti-Semitism as a break with lived Islamic tradition
- Background and manifestations of antisemitism in Islamism
- Anti-Semitic narratives and slogans in Islamism
- Antisemitism and related phenomena such as anti-Americanism and anti-imperialism
- Attraction and relevance in radicalization processes
- Possible solutions
Objectives: To raise participants' awareness of the complex issues of Islamism and antisemitism and their interconnections with each other and with other phenomena; to provide definitions and historical, political, and religious backgrounds; to explore the role of antisemitism in radicalization processes; to discuss possible solutions.
Alexander Weissenburger is a Senior Researcher at the Documentation Center for Political Islam and an Associate Researcher at the Institute for Social Anthropology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. He studied Islamic Studies at the University of Vienna and Security Studies at the University of St Andrews, and taught at the University of Vienna. His research and publications focus on various religious extremist movements, with an emphasis on Shiite Islamism and Salafism.
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